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Study Reveals Highest Levels of Microplastic Contamination in Molluscs

Mussels, oysters and scallops have the highest levels of microplastic contamination among seafood, a new study reveals.

23 Dec 2020

Protecting Drinking Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems from Salt Pollution

Doctors often tell us, "cut back on your salt." And just like too much dietary salt is bad for blood pressure, too much salt in our nation's streams, lakes, and reservoirs threatens ecosystem health and the security of our nation's drinking water and food supplies.

22 Dec 2020

Study Shows Rise in Potentially Damaging Surface Ozone Levels in Lockdown

Less traffic on the roads during the first lockdown led to a reduction in air pollution but may have caused potentially damaging surface ozone levels to rise, a new study has revealed.

21 Dec 2020

BESA welcomes historic air quality verdict

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed today’s ruling at Southwark Coroner's Court that air pollution directly contributed to the death of a nine-year-old girl.

17 Dec 2020

New Research on Forest Loss, Peatland Degradation can Help Quantify Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Land use and land-use change are thought to be responsible for about 23% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. But nailing down this number with certainty has been hampered by a lack of data in many key regions of the tropics where forests are being replaced by agriculture and where other activities are degrading forests.

17 Dec 2020

Study Highlights Link Between Atmospheric Pollutants and COVID-19 Incidence

A thorough study targeted the probable connection between a low air quality index and COVID-19 spread in Italy, in Q2 of 2020.

17 Dec 2020

Study Sheds Light on the Dark Side of Pollution from Biomass Burning

Oxidized organic aerosol is a major component of ambient particulate matter, substantially impacting climate, human health, and ecosystems. Oxidized aerosol from biomass burning is especially toxic, known to contain a large amount of species that are known carcinogens, mutagens.

15 Dec 2020

Study Explores the Link Between Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide in Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A University of Oklahoma-led interdisciplinary study on a decade-long experiment (1997-2009) at the University of Minnesota found that lower nitrogen levels in soil promoted release of carbon dioxide from soils under high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and could therefore contribute to furthering rising atmospheric greenhouse gases and climate change.

15 Dec 2020

Collaborative Project to Alleviate Agricultural Food Pollution, Landfill Issues

University of South Australia thermal energy researcher Professor Frank Bruno has been awarded almost $1 million by the Federal Government to find a solution to agricultural pollution in Australia and India.

14 Dec 2020

Global CO2 Emissions Drop Significantly Due to COVID-19 Lockdowns

The global COVID-19 lockdowns caused fossil carbon dioxide emissions to decline by an estimated 2.4 billion tonnes in 2020 - a record drop according to researchers at Future Earth's Global Carbon Project.

11 Dec 2020